Role of magnetic resonance imaging and clinical criteria in predicting successful nonoperative treatment of osteochondritis dissecans in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 102-108

  Pill, Stephan G ^a,b   Ganley, Theodore J ^a,b   Milam, Alden ^a,c   Lou, Julia E ^a   Meyer, James S ^a,b   Flynn, John M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Femur; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteochondritis dissecans; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037215374     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-200301000-00021     Document Type: Article

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